Clasp for jewelry.



No. 776.256. PATBNTED NOV. 29, 1904.

\ D. H. PERKINS.

CLASP FOR JEWELRY. APLIUATION'FILED JUNE 15, 1903. No MODEL.'

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PATENT EETEE.

DAVID I-I. PERKINS, OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO lIfIE D.F.' BRIGGS COMPANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP FOR d EWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,256, dated November29, 1904. Appiimion ined June 15,1903. serai No. 161,412. (No model.)

To all whomJ 7115 Tit/ty concern:

Be it known that I, DAvID H. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Mansfield, in the county ot' Bristol and State oi'Massachusetts, have invented a new and uset'ul Improvement in Clasps forJewelry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improve-V ment in clasps used toclasp or fasten necklaces,

IO bracelets, or similar articles, andv more partieularly to animprovement in a clasp constructed to form a combined clasp and locket.

The object of my invention is to construct a combined clasp and locketin the form of a I5 padlock. I

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a clasphaving' the form of apadlock, the hasp of the padlock forming the meansot'. clasping orfastening a necklace or similar article, and the body ofthe padlock forming a locket having' a hinge and means for securing theclasp and locket in the closed position, as will be more fully set forthhereinafter.

Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved combined clasp andlocket constructed in the form of a padlock clasping or fastening theends of a chain (shown in broken lines) forming part of a necklace orbracelet. Fig.

2 is an inside view of the part forming the front of the clasp andlocket. Fig. 8 is a side view ot' the hasp, the shank of which forms thepivot-pin for the hinge of the clasp. Fig. 4L is an inside view of thepart forming the back of the clasp and locket. Fig. 5 is an enlargedView ot' the clasp in the open position looking at the inside andshowing the back in section; and Fig. 6 is a view looking at the haspend of the clasp, showing the clasp 40 in the open position and the backpartly in section.

In the drawings, t represents the front,

the back, and@ the hasp, of my improved combined clasp and locketconstructed in the forni of a padlock. The front a has theupwardlyextending wings a a, the raised` circular lip a2, the tubularsleeve a3, the 'fastening-pin ai, and the picture-retaining ring a5. Theback L has the upwardly-extending wings L', the

raised circular lip 2, the tubular sleeve 50 the fastening-aperture 711,and the picture-retaining ring f, and the hasp c has the i'ree end d andthe shank c2 reduced in size to form `the pivot-pin oi' the hinge wheninserted through the tubular sleeves (1.3 and and secured by enlargingits end.

Then the parts et' the clasp are assembled, the hasp c, in connectionwith the wings a. and b', form the clasp and the front a. and thc backform the locket. The fastening-pin af on the front coinciding with thefastening-aperture in the back holds the clasp and locket in the closedpositionvby friction. The pieture-retaining rings a and are forced intothe circular lips a and-2. These rings are 65 constructed withinwardly-turned iianges to limit their inward movement and to lormspaces in the front and back for the insertion of thin disks oftransparent celluloid and the picture or similar articles.

In the use of my combined clasp and locket the hasp c is free to movesidewise when the clasp is open. The tree end c of the hasp is insertedthrough the ends of the necklace or similar article and the clasp isclosed and secured in the closed position by the fasteningpin a". Theclosingot the clasp brings the hasp c between the wings a and thuspreventing its removal from the necklace or similar article withoutopening the clasp. 8O

It is evident that any well-known form otl fastening device t'orsecuring the clasp in its closed position could be used and that theform of the clasp could be varied without materially affecting thespirit ot' my invention. 85

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent* l. In a combined clasp and locket, thecombinationwith a hinged two-part hollow body forming the locket, of aninverted-U-shaped pivoted arm forming a continuation ot the pivot-pinand forming the hasp, and means for securing the two parts et' thelocket in the closed position, as described.

2. A combined clasp and locket, consist- 9 5 ing of a hinged two-parthollow body with picture-retaining rings forming the locket, aninverted-U-shaped pivoted arm formed intepicture-retaining ring ZJ, andthe hasp c having the free end d and the shank c2 forming the pivot-pinfor the tubular sleeve a3 and b3, all for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DAVlD H. PERKINS.

Vitnesses:

rDAVID L. Low, VILLIAM J. DoYLE.

